At the Microsoft office in Beijing, China, Aug 4. Microsoft employs roughly 6,000 people in the country, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Suzhou. — Reuters
SHANGHAI: Microsoft Corp has emerged as the most likely buyer of the US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short-video app that US President Donald Trump is preparing to effectively ban on national security grounds.
A deal would be in line with Microsoft's stance toward China where the firm has a sizeable presence – unlike fellow US tech heavyweights such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google which appear to have given up on China's consumer-facing market with its miscellany of government strictures.
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